Developmental Training

In Oak-Leyden’s Developmental (DT) Program, adults with developmental disabilities receive training in skills of daily living, social and leisure skills, communication, and vocational skills. The skills help individuals with developmental disabilities become as independent as possible in their everyday lives.

What is a Developmental Disability?

A developmental disability is defined by the Federal Government as a severe chronic disability which:

A) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment;

B) is manifest before age 22;

C) is likely to continue indefinitely;

D) results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activities;

1. Self Care

2. Receptive & Expressive Language

3. Learning Disabilities

4. Self Direction

5. Capacity for Independent Living

6. Economic Self-Sufficiency

E) reflects the need for special, interdisciplinary, and/or generic forms of care, treatment or other services which are lifelong or of extended durations, and are individually planned and coordinated.

Some Specific Developmental Disabilities:

1)   Mental Retardation

2)   Epilepsy

3)   Autism

4)   Learning Disabilities

5)   Cerebral Palsy

6)   Down syndrome

7)   Neurological Impairments

8)   Tourette’s Syndrome

9)   Spina Bifida

10)   Neurofibromatosis